26th Dec 1998 Clyde 0 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL Second Division - game 20)

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Match Information

			Allan Maitland		Tommy Bryce			38y, 10m, 29d
					Andy Frame
					Jamie McKenzie
					Paul McDonald (1-0, 12 mins)
Darren Murray; Pat Keogh					Paul McDonald; Andy Frame
John Barrett (Scott McHarg, 57 mins); Brian Carrigan (Brian Rice, 84 mins)					Paul Tosh (Craig Flannigan, 70 mins); Robert Dunn (Tommy Callaghan, 80 mins); Andy Frame (Steven Bonar, 90 mins)
			David Wylie		Kenny Arthur			20y, 0m, 19d
			Darren Murray		David Kennedy			32y, 2m, 19d
			former Jag Ian Spittal		Des McKeown			28y, 11m, 8d
			Bryan Smith		Willie Jamieson			35y, 7m, 29d
			Ritchie McCusker		Alan Archibald			21y, 0m, 13d
			Brian Carrigan		Kevin Gaughan			20y, 9m, 20d
			Allan Grant		Graham Connell			24y, 1m, 25d
			Stevie Convery		Andy Frame			20y, 2m, 9d
			future Jag Pat Keogh		Paul Tosh			25y, 2m, 8d
			John Barrett		Robert Dunn			19y, 5m, 28d
			Ian McDonald		Paul McDonald			30y, 8m, 6d
								25y, 3m, 23d
			Paul Hay		Craig Flannigan			25y, 10m, 15d
			Brian Rice		Steven Bonar			23y, 7m, 6d
			future Jag Scott McHarg		Tommy Callaghan			29y, 3m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

Swirling wind and fierce driving rain made the match a bit of a lottery. Clyde (6 straight wins) gifted Thistle a goal when the keeper dropped the ball to leave McDonald a simple header (12). Thistle found things no easier with the wind and they survived some anxious moments towards the end to take all 3 points.

Media report

28-Dec-1998, The Scotsman

PAYBACK TIME FOR THISTLE FANS, says McKeown. THROUGHOUT Partick Thistle's troubled times, which has seen them on the brink of bankruptcy off the field and on it and now in the depths of the Second Division, the Firhill fans have remained loyal in their support when others would simply have walked away. Saturday provided one of those moments when the agony of these last two years seemed all worthwhile, a victory against “local” rivals Clyde. Still billed as a city derby even though Clyde's Cumbernauld home is some way beyond the Glasgow boundary, the two previous meetings between the sides this season had seen the visitors win both. In keeping with the trend, the Maryhill side opened the scoring after 12 minutes with what proved to be the winner. It was a goal that David Wylie, the Clyde goalkeeper, will quickly wish to forget, fumbling a Des McKeown cross which left Paul McDonald with the simple task of heading home from only four yards. The travelling Thistle support made up most of the crowd of more than 2,500 and the visiting squad were quick to acknowledge their backing and commitment. “I know it's an old cliche, but they really are our 12th man,” said the club captain, McKeown. “A lot of them have been around while the club was on a higher standing. They've seen them in the highest league, so it must be hard now to see the club in the Second Division. But it hasn't stopped them getting right behind us from day one. They could have stayed away after last season's disappointment, and who could have blamed them? Instead, they've rallied round and given us a boost, and we want to give them something back by winning promotion.” A place in the First Division is the target of Clyde, too. But like Thistle they are alarmingly detached behind both Livingston and Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the top. Defeat against their old Glasgow rivals may well prove costly, but their coach Allan Maitland was keen not to read too much into the result. “I am obviously very disappointed at the result but one defeat doesn't end our season, even if it is against our old rivals,” he said.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Graham Connell, 1st Aug 1998 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alan Archibald - 34 games, 18th Oct 1997 to 29th Aug 1998. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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